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Introduction to Hebrew for Adults #2: Aleph Isn't Enough
by Linda Motzkin  Publisher Comments While continuing with reading practice and writing exercises, Aleph Isn't Enough provides additional exercises on which to build solid translation skills. As students solidify their reading ability, they will also enhance their vocabulary, increase their...
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Talmud Selected Writings Classics of Wes
by Ben Zion Bokser Publisher Comments The most in-depth and scholarly panorama of Western spirituality ever attempted! In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic and Native American traditions...
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Isaiah in Talmud and Misrash: A Source Book, Part B
by Jacob Neusner Book News Annotation In this second of two volumes, Neusner (history and theology of Judaism, Bard College, New York) continues tracing how the message of Isaiah passed from its original source into the various languages and cultures that underlay the production of the...
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The JPS Bible, Pocket Edition (Rose)
by Jewish Publication Society Of America Synopsis A JPS Tanakh that's small enough to take anywhere This new pocket-sized Tanakh is the most portable version of the Jewish Bible ever. Easy to hold and carry, the text is identical to that in our full-sized, English-only editions, set in two columns. It...
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Talmud for Beginners Volume 2 Text
by Judith Z Abrams Publisher Comments Rabbi Abrams walks us through tractate Megillah in a warm, unintimidating, and highly informed way....
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Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
by Lawrence Kushner Publisher Comments A leading scholar of Jewish spirituality and a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright--study partners of long standing--offer a unique exploration of the meaning of the Bible in today's world....
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The Song of Songs: A Spiritual Commentary
by M. Basil Pennington Publisher Comments Reflections on divine love from one of today's most respected Catholic authors....
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Classics of Western Spirituality #0085: The Generations of Adam
by Isaiah Horowitz Publisher Comments The most in-depth and scholarly panorama of Western spirituality ever attempted!<P>In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic and Native American...
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The Kabbalah of the Ari Z'Al, According to the Ramhal
by Raphael Afilalo Publisher Comments This book is a summary of the master work of the Ari Z'al; "The Etz Hayim" (The Tree of Life). It describes the evolution of the worlds, the Sephirot and their various configurations, in a clear and concise language, which only retains the essential...
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The Bahir Illumination
by Aryeh (trn) Kaplan Synopsis The first book in any language to reveal the methodology of the ancient Kabbalists, this is one of the oldest and most import of all ancient Kabbalistic texts. a complete Hebrew text of THE BAHIR is included....
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A Kabbalistic Universe
by Zevben Shim Haleve Publisher Comments Drawing on ancient and modern material, the author correlates symbol and system with modern scientific thought and discoveries. He describes in detail the origins of the cosmos, its various levels and inhabitants....
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The Culture of the Babylonian Talmud
by Jeffrey L. Rubenstein Publisher Comments The book explores the cultural world of these Babylonian rabbis and their students through the prism of the stories they included in the Bavli, showing how their presentation of earlier rabbinic teachings was influenced by their own values and practices....
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And Turn It Again: Theme and Sacred Variations
by Simeon J. Maslin Publisher Comments In his new book, ...and turn it again, author Simeon Maslin introduces his readers to a first-century sage who taught: Turn it and turn it again, for everything is in it. That ancient sage was referring to Hebrew Scripture, and Maslin continues the time...
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Reimagining the Bible: The Storytelling of the Rabbis
by Howard Schwartz Publisher Comments Reimagining the Bible collects a dozen essays by Howard Schwartz. Together the essays present a coherent theory of the way in which each successive phase of Jewish literature has drawn upon and reimagined the previous ones. The book is organized into...
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Sarah Laughed: Modern Lessons from the Wisdom & Stories of Biblical Women
by Vanessa Ochs Publisher Comments "Ochs offers readers a rare treat--fine scholarship combined with inspirational connections to life in the modern world."--Jewish Book World "With warmth, erudition, and a very contemporary sensibility, Ochs offers reflections on the lives of Old...
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The Talmud
by H. Polano Publisher Comments Found in this book are selections from the Talmud, the contents of that ancient book, its commentaries, teachings, poetry and legends. Also found are brief sketches of the men who made and commented upon it. The object of the translator was to give the...
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Pesikta de-Ra_b Kahana: R. Kahana's Compilation of Discourses for Sabbaths and Festal Days
by William G. Braude Publisher Comments Long known only to scholars and specialists, Pesikta de-Rab Kahana is a masterpiece of midrashic literature. A collection of discourses for special Sabbaths and festival days compiled and organized during the fifth century, it was well known and studied...
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Jewish Literature Between the Bible and the Mishnah: A Historical and Literary Introduction with CDROM
by George W. E. Nickelsburg Synopsis In this fully revised and expanded edition, Nickelsburg introduces the reader to the broad range of Jewish literature that is not part of either the Bible or the standard rabbinical works. This includes especially the Apocrypha (such as 1 Maccabees), the...
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Commentary on the Torah
by Richard E Friedman Publisher Comments Chapter One At the beginning of this commentary, I emphasized the point that the Bible is rich in background, that the events in the first reading, Parashat Bereshit, remain as an essential substratum in all that follows in the Bible's story. Every...
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The Way of Kabbalah
by Ben Shimon Halevi Publisher Comments The biblical accounts of slavery in Egypt and the Promised Land are shown to be allegories of the human condition, while the story of Jacob and Esau symbolize the psyche and the body, and Jacob's encounter with the angel marks a turning point for inner...
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